The Cost of EHR Downtime

timothy-beglin 09 27, 2023

Electronic health records (EHR) were intended to store patient records, which, though helpful, leaves a lot to be desired. Hospitals run around the clock with zero time to waste, so unexpected EHR downtime within a hospital system can be catastrophic....

will-oconnor 02 04, 2021

Recently at TigerSummit, Angeline Cosca, Chief Information Officer of Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Centers, delivered a presentation centered on improving the patient experience and eliminating conflict by streamlining a hospital’s referral process. Based in Southern Nevada, Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging...

will-oconnor 11 18, 2020

As vital as they are to workflow efficiency and care quality, telehealth expansion and collaboration solutions have been limited and sporadically adopted. Because virtual care platforms are widespread across an organization, there generally isn’t one department that owns this type...

will-oconnor 10 26, 2020

As the gravity of lost revenue from COVID-19 hits home, hospitals and health systems are looking for any avenue they can find to offset the massive loss in revenue that came as elective procedures dried up and costs mounted for...

will-oconnor 09 24, 2020

The patient journey is not always a one-and-done. It can often include a few stopovers at different facilities – the emergency department, ICU, skilled nursing facilities, and others. This is especially true for older patients and those with chronic conditions...

chris 03 20, 2019

At HIMSS 2019 Dr. Will O’Connor, MD, CMIO at TigerConnect, sat down for a conversation with John Lynn, the Sr. Editor at healthcareITToday.com. They talked about physician burnout, EHR clicking and coding, the evolution of healthcare communication tools, and the...